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Field Listing :: Electricity - from fossil fuels
This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by burning fossil fuels (such as coal, petroleum products, and natural gas), expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.
Country Comparison to the World
Country
Electricity - from fossil fuels(% of total installed capacity)
Afghanistan 23.5% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Albania 9.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Algeria 97.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
American Samoa 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Angola 56.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Argentina 65.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Armenia 53.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Aruba 88.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Australia 79% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Austria 19.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Azerbaijan 82.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Bahamas, The 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Bahrain 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Bangladesh 95.8% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Barbados 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Belarus 99.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Belgium 46.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Belize 33.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Benin 98.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Bermuda 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Bhutan 1.1% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Bolivia 67.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 44.5% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Botswana 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Brazil 17.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
British Virgin Islands 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Brunei 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Bulgaria 46.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Burkina Faso 87.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Burma 67.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Burundi 1.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Cambodia 95.2% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Cameroon 27.8% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Canada 28.8% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Cape Verde 96.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Cayman Islands 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Central African Republic 45.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Chad 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Chile 64.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
China 72.5% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Colombia 32.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Comoros 83.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 19.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Cook Islands 98.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Costa Rica 24.8% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 50.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Croatia 47.2% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Cuba 98.8% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Cyprus 99.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Czech Republic 60% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Denmark 65.8% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Djibouti 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Dominica 72.1% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Dominican Republic 83% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Ecuador 56.2% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Egypt 86.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
El Salvador 53% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 96.8% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Eritrea 99.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Estonia 94.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Ethiopia 17.2% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 90% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Faroe Islands 64.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Fiji 54.8% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Finland 52.5% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
France 20.5% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
French Polynesia 66.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Gabon 59% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Gambia, The 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Georgia 37.2% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Germany 55% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Ghana 40.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Gibraltar 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Greece 70.5% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Greenland 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Grenada 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Guam 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Guatemala 58.2% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Guinea 68.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Guyana 99.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Haiti 74.2% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Honduras 63.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Hong Kong 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Hungary 72% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Iceland 4.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
India 69.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Indonesia 81.5% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Iran 86.1% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Iraq 69% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Ireland 75.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Israel 99.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Italy 65% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Jamaica 93.5% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Japan 63.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Jordan 99.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Kazakhstan 88.2% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Kenya 43.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Kiribati 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Korea, North 47.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Korea, South 69.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Kuwait 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 20.1% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Laos 2.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Latvia 27.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Lebanon 87.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Lesotho 0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Liberia 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Libya 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Lithuania 53.8% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Luxembourg 28.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Macau 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Macedonia 65.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Madagascar 69.5% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Malawi 5.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Malaysia 91.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Maldives 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Mali 48.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Malta 99.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
Mauritania 61.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Mauritius 75.2% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Mexico 75% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Moldova 88.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Mongolia 99.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Montenegro 24.2% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Montserrat 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Morocco 67.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Mozambique 10.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Namibia 36.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Nauru 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Nepal 7.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Netherlands 84.1% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
New Caledonia 79.1% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
New Zealand 30% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Nicaragua 67.8% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Niger 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Nigeria 67.1% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Niue 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Norway 2.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Oman 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Pakistan 65.2% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Panama 51.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Papua New Guinea 61.1% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Paraguay 0.1% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Peru 59% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Philippines 66.1% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Poland 90.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Portugal 48.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Puerto Rico 97.2% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Qatar 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Romania 62.5% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Russia 68.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Rwanda 53.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Saint Lucia 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 81.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Samoa 70.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe 57.1% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Saudi Arabia 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Senegal 99.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Serbia 66.1% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Seychelles 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Sierra Leone 92.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Singapore 99.8% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Slovakia 37.1% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Slovenia 42.2% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Solomon Islands 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Somalia 93.8% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
South Africa 90.8% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Spain 48.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Sri Lanka 47.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
Sudan 30.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Suriname 51.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Swaziland 67.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Sweden 12.5% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Switzerland 2.5% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Syria 84.8% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Taiwan 73.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Tajikistan 8.8% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Tanzania 39.5% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Thailand 90.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Togo 21.2% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Tonga 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 99.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Tunisia 96.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Turkey 65.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Turkmenistan 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Uganda 37.8% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Ukraine 64.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
United Arab Emirates 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
United Kingdom 75.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
United States 75.5% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
Uruguay 38.5% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Uzbekistan 85.2% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Vanuatu 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Venezuela 41.1% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Vietnam 63.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Virgin Islands 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
West Bank 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Western Sahara 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
World 66.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Yemen 100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Zambia 0.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Zimbabwe 66.1% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
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